YIELDS FEOM DISTILLATION OF CERTAIN- HARDWOODS. 
The relative value of the species, obtained by taking the average of 
beech, birch, and maple heartwood as 100 per cent, is given in Table 
3, and the same values are shown diagrammatically in figures 1 and 2. 
^ GREEM,BLUE^ YELLOW ASH-TENH jiM0.-74.<^ 
BLACK ASH -WIS,- 82.3^ 
m 
i 
SLIPPERY ELM-WIS.-83.2 
; WHITE ELM -PA.- 91.8 
;CHESTNUT 0AK-TENM.-92.t 
mr 
SWAMP OAK -LA.- 97.8: 
mmi. 
BLACK 0AK-CAL.-103.S 
'mmmm. 
EUCALYPTUS -CALr 119.3 
m 
GREEN ASH -MC- 81 3 
I I M I I I I 
: BLACK OAK -CAL.- 142.7 
^mmmm 
25 
50 
too 
f25 
150 
75 
PERCENTAGE 
Fig. 1. — Relative yields of acetate of lime per cord. (Average yield from heartwood of 
beech, birch, and maple from Indiana and Wisconsin equals 100 per cent.) 
